Cheadle Hulme & Cheadle (SK8) · 10 minutes from our yard

Family patios, block driveways & turfing in Cheadle Hulme & Cheadle.

Most SK8 homes we visit are 1930s to 1960s semis and detached houses with a cracked concrete drive at the front and a muddy clay lawn at the back. We turn both into something you can use every day: a clean two-car drive and a level porcelain patio, built by David and Callum with no subcontractors.

Large charcoal block and resin driveway with silver granite kerbs and a flush drain at a house on Swann Lane, Cheadle Hulme

Swann Lane, Cheadle Hulme (SK8) · 95 m² permeable drive

10 MinutesFrom Yard 7, Hazel Grove, via the A5143

2 Cars, 45 m²The most common SK8 driveway size we build

Stockport CouncilWe tell you when a dropped kerb needs their approval

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01 · WHAT WE USUALLY FIND IN SK8

From a squelchy lawn and a cracked drive to a home that looks after itself.

Cheadle Hulme is flat, which sounds easy, but flat ground on heavy clay has nowhere for rainwater to go. That is why so many back lawns here stay wet from October to April.

Before: the typical 1950s SK8 garden

✗A 1960s concrete drive, cracked by frost and the roots of a street tree, with weeds in every joint.
✗Only room for one car, so the second one sits on the road.
✗A back lawn that holds puddles for days because the clay underneath does not drain.
✗A small slabbed area by the back door, laid on sand, now rocking and green with moss.

After: what we build instead

✓The old concrete broken out and taken away by licensed grab lorry, then a 310mm deep driveway base.
✓Two cars side by side on permeable blocks, so rain soaks through rather than running into the road.
✓A level porcelain patio with a channel drain by the back door, set below your damp-proof course.
✓New turf on fresh sandy topsoil, with land drains where the lawn was worst.

02 · PICTURE THE SIZE BEFORE YOU RING

What these sizes look like behind a Cheadle Hulme semi.

Square metres are hard to picture on paper, so here are the most common Cheadle Hulme garden and driveway sizes with real dimensions, furniture scale, and all‑in prices including excavation, waste removal, stone sub-base, laying and pointing.

18m² small bistro porcelain patio with mitred step edge

6 m × 3 m · 18 m² Fits: 4-Seater Bistro Set + Steps

Small Bistro Patio (approx. 18 m², table for 4)

~£3,330 all‑in18 m² × £185 porcelain

About 6 m × 3 m: across the back of a typical semi, three strides out from the back door.

32m² standard family porcelain patio in Woodford SK7

8 m × 4 m · 32 m² Fits: 6-Seater Dining Table + Corner Sofa

Standard Family Patio (approx. 32 m², 6-seater table + corner sofa)

~£5,920 all‑in32 m² × £185 porcelain

About 8 m × 4 m: the full width of an extended semi or a smaller detached house.

45m² 2-car side-by-side SuDS permeable driveway in SK8/SK9

9 m × 5 m · 45 m² Fits: 2 Family SUVs Side-by-Side

2-Car Side-by-Side Driveway (approx. 45 m²)

~£6,300 all‑in45 m² × £140 permeable block

About 9 m × 5 m: two family cars parked next to each other with room to open the doors.

These are guide figures. Your fixed price comes in writing within 48 hours of David’s free survey, and it does not change once you have accepted it.

03 · RECENT SK8 JOBS, WITH THE INVOICE

Three Cheadle Hulme & Cheadle jobs and exactly what they cost.

Charcoal block and resin driveway with silver granite kerbs and a flush drain

Final Invoice: £13,300

SWANN LANE, CHEADLE HULME (SK8)

95 m² permeable charcoal block & resin driveway with silver granite kerbs

Area95 m²

On site7 working days

How it adds up95 × £140

"Our old tarmac drive used to flood right across the garage door whenever it poured down. David and Callum dug it out, put in a new permeable block drive with granite edging, and had it finished in a week. Even in heavy rain the water drains straight through now." Simon Whittaker, Cheadle Hulme

Overhead view of charcoal diamond-pattern block paving with a silver granite sett border, a buff sandstone path and a lawn edge

Final Invoice: £6,290

RAVENOAK ROAD, CHEADLE HULME (SK8)

Cracked 1960s concrete replaced with a 40 m² two-car block drive & 6 m² sandstone side path

Area40 m² + 6 m²

On site4 working days

How it adds up40 × £140 + 6 × £115

"The old concrete came up in slabs the size of a door. They had it gone by lunchtime on day one and both our cars were back on a new drive by Friday." Pauline & Graham Openshaw, Cheadle Hulme

Light-grey porcelain patio along a red-brick house with open bifold doors, oak sleeper raised beds and a lawn

Final Invoice: £6,300

SCHOOLS HILL, CHEADLE (SK8)

32 m² family porcelain patio with a 4 m channel drain at the kitchen doors

Area32 m²

On site5 working days

How it adds up32 × £185 + 4 × £95

"David paced it out with us at the survey so we could see where the table and the sofa would go. It is exactly the size he said, and the back door no longer gets a puddle outside it." Anita Chaudhry, Cheadle

04 · STREET BY STREET

The SK8 roads we know well, and what their gardens need.

Swann LaneLong 1930s semis and detached houses with deep front gardens. Plenty of room for a two or three-car drive once the old lawn and hedge come out.
The Bramhall Lane South borderWhere Cheadle Hulme meets Bramhall, the houses get larger and the back gardens longer. Patios of 40 m² and more are common here.
Ravenoak Road & Grove Lane1950s and 1960s semis, many with their original concrete drives now cracked. A straight swap to permeable block is the usual job.
Station RoadEdwardian and inter-war homes close to the village. Narrower side passages, so we bring the tracked barrow rather than the digger.
Turves Road & Heald Green sidePost-war family homes with flat, heavy clay back gardens. Land drains under a new lawn make the biggest difference.
Schools Hill & Cheadle villageOlder terraces and Victorian semis near the high street. Smaller courtyards where a bistro-sized porcelain patio fits well.

Block & resin driveways Porcelain & sandstone patios Fencing & turfing Bramhall & Woodford (SK7) The Heatons & Davenport (SK4 / SK2) Wilmslow (SK9)

05 · QUESTIONS SK8 HOMEOWNERS ASK

Straight answers for Cheadle Hulme & Cheadle.

We want a wider drive. Do we need a new dropped kerb?+

If your new drive is wider than the existing dropped kerb, yes. Stockport Council handles the application and its approved contractor lowers the kerb on the pavement. We build the drive inside your boundary and line the levels up with their kerb, and we will tell you at the survey whether you need to apply.

Our semi shares a narrow side passage. Can you still get in?+

Usually. Our micro-digger narrows to 710mm, and where a shared passage is tighter than that we use a tracked power barrow instead. We lay boards down the passage and agree working times with your neighbour before we start.

Water collects by our back door after rain. Will a new patio stop it?+

Yes, if it is built right. We set the patio at least 150mm below your damp-proof course (the waterproof line in your brickwork) and slope it away from the house. Where you want the patio level with the doors, we fit a channel drain across the threshold instead.

How long will we be without the drive?+

A two-car drive is normally four to five working days. We tell you which day the old surface comes out so you can park on the road, and you can drive on blocks the day we finish. Resin needs 24 hours to set before cars go on it.

New striped lawn with a charcoal block mowing edge and a pebble drainage channel beside a sandstone patio, with brick houses behind

FREE SITE SURVEY

Front drive, back patio or both? David will measure up in SK8 this week.

£0 upfront depositMaterials paid when they arrive, labour on sign-off
Old concrete taken awayLicensed grab lorry, no skip blocking your road for a week
Fixed price in 48 hoursEvery m² listed, nothing added later

Call 0161 570 8698 Book a Free Site Survey